will remain closed through saturday. >> thank you. a man accused of laying a role in a terror attack last september that killed four americans and benghazi in libya says he is innocent. -- he told the associated press he had no involvement with the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens. islamist leader of a militia group in libya. >> president obama will travel to russia for an international summit but will not meet with vladimir putin. the state department explained why the one-on-one has been canceled. analysts say the white house calculated the meeting was not worth the criticism the

president would face at home. political pressure is coming from republicans and democrats. officials say they are disappointed the meeting is often they say the invitation is still on the table. >> defense attorneys have told the judge in the trial of the admitted shooter they want off the case unless they can offer a defense. hassan is trying --get himself represented the death penalty. military law does not allow a guilty plea in a death penalty case. the fbi is investigating a suspicious sentence -- a substance found at elijah cummings's baltimore office. they found a party-like substance outside the front

door. a bomb technician determined it was not explosive material and there was no active threat. >> bob mcdonald has turned to controversyp repay loans from a campaign backer. the governor refinanced his private home and restructured loans on other properties. his offers -- his office said he $150,000 for a gift and loans the first family received. the gifts are at the center of an investigation that brought the governor's ethics into question. he is starting a statewide tour to promote his record and will speak in alexandria and fairfax next week. >> the stuff that dreams are made of. going from average joe to a multimillionaire. people across the country are hoping they have the six numbers that will give someone $425 million.

>> some are buying a lot. some a little. received two signs that she will win. >> my hand has been itching now for two gears -- two days. i had to come here and get a powerball. i had a dream and in the dream someone handed me a stack of money. >> seals have been through the roof for the third time in nine months. the $425 million is the third largest jackpot ever. we saw the largest in may. in november we saw the second- , $587 million. >> you have to buy into it and see what happens. >> they are seeing a new trend where it is taking bigger jackpots to get some folks to play. do not care how large the jackpot is. she has been laying longer than she will admit.

ever one was have $500. >> this time you're hoping it is $425 million? >> count on us to bring you the winning numbers and we will have those numbers online. >> the problem and plans to build a new stadium to build a .ew stadium fo make money. to they decided to sell the air up there. how does it work? i will explain. >> how pope francis may be responsible for a big jump in car sales. >> showers getting closer

>> a decades old southwest washington business is near shutting down in the name of rye grass.

the city is eyeing the land as a home for a new stadium for d.c. united. about the plan the same day the rest of us did. >> the city has not approached the business directly. because the business owns 10% of the land they can use eminent domain to take the land. the deal does not involve land, just air. it is officially for sale. officials have figured out. they are selling the air rights to developers. >> it is kind of crazy.

>> they say the space could we bought or leased so apartments or condos can be built. >> money made from the sales would go to state and local jurisdictions for transportation projects. one possibility is along the track along the silver line. dulleste over the tollroad. >> i am not opposed to it as long as we're doing it in a balanced way. have brought in and in josh of millions of dollars a year. virginia is hoping for similar success. is changing jail its procedures after four

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country. it sells for $18,000. country is one of fiat's biggest markets. sean casey will lead the office of faith-based initiatives. to increaseis engagement with faith communities around the world. >> the smithsonian is preparing a new exhibit that shows history through souvenirs but these are far from the mass-produced knickknacks that today. mr. preservation did not exist in this area. they would rake off relics and keep them. >> a hammer was kept on site to

it shows pieces of it. how we have grown away from chipping away our heritage. >> the exhibit opens at the smithsonian castle on friday. get started. some thunderstorms popping up in the last few minutes. a lot of the radar west -- if developing, a shower south and east of reston. it is weaker now than it was a few minutes ago. that is the kind of pattern we have and will continue to have through the evening. showers and storms become more widespread. you can see the animation over the past 15 minutes. for more showers

tomorrow. more widespread thunderstorms. a lot of it across western pennsylvania. a new surge of moisture coming in. a lot of dynamics to the atmosphere. 83 at reagan national. 84 in frederick. temperatures eight to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. we had a little more sunshine. today 85.was 74, the average of 87 degrees. we have had temperatures of 90 degrees or higher. only 21 times. we have totaled up the numbers. 53 days of 90 or better. 50 in 2011. 67 in 2011. it may feel like the hottest summer we have been through in a while but statistically not so much. in the past 17 days, zero days

above 90. at the same time last year it happened 14 days. to 95 for the next month. it will not. high ins, 105 was the dallas this afternoon. they will be a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow. be the isolated showers and thunderstorms becoming tomorrow's widespread shower and thunderstorm. the front is hanging in the neighborhood. we could see some isolated thunderstorms on saturday and sunday. tomorrow, mid-80's. enter friday and saturday, warmer and muggy. the thunderstorm chances will diminish through saturday, sunday, and monday.

now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> they were tweeting back-and- forth and getting after each other. atlanta is going for its 13th win in a row. to sweep tonight against the nats. run, so the next pitch in him with a the side. he did not get tossed. harper said this. do what he haso got to do.

someone, if on he wants to drill me he will drill me. >> it could be bean ball tonight. tied at three in the 8th. a 3-1 shot. birds leadrbi's. the 7-3.adres what a play. alan craig ripped it at kershaw'shead. e go to their redskins. they left for nashville. a play in tennessee tomorrow night.

there are a lot of things to look for tomorrow but one of the things that has jumped out is the new young secondary. mike shanahan loves competition and he has got it in this defensive backfield. will not play. they look good so far. final majorh and golf tournament of the season gets underway tomorrow morning. all is right in the sport because tiger woods and phil mickelson are ranked number one and two in the world again. tigers won five times already. tiger is excited to get started in this one. >> this year for me i think it

is -- it has been a great year so far for me. that is pretty good. wants to win the major, he wants to get back in the hunt with jack nicholas. nicklaus. mickelson goes off in the afternoon with justin rose and adam scott. >> a

x a shower diminishing over fairfax county. i think that will diminish through the evening. the heavier storm scattered through pennsylvania. staying north and west of the metro area. a chance of storms tomorrow and becoming warmer and more humid tomorrow through saturday. the best chance for rain is tomorrow and friday, diminishing chances through the weekend. at abc 7 news at 11:00 >> join us again at 11 p.m. have a good night.

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this is "world news." tonight raging water, dangerous floods after torrents of rain. rescuers out in force hauling out cars, even man's best friend. tear it down, the house of horrors in cleveland dell monthlyished today as one of the former captives issues a call to action. last man standing. for the first time the surviving member of the hot shots fire fighting team tells of the story of the fight waged by his 19 friends who were lost. brian ross with an abc news exclusive. >> a asked a million times why

am i sitting here. and another record powerball jackpot looming. so where are the luckiest stores in america? good evening and we begin tonight with a water world from colorado to the airlicarolinas. we're seeing families stranded on water logged porches, a car turned into a kind of a noah's arc and there in missouri what looks like a lake is actually a highway. 12 states are facing threats of floods tonight, so much rain they're measuring it not in inches but in foot. ginger zee tells us what's to come. >> reporter: that's the bank of the river there, and all these

houses underwater. swallowing neighborhoods whole. flash flooding in central and southern missouri. shutting down highway 44. dismantling roads from beneath. the floodgates erupting on the osage river. the relentless rains leaving camp grounds, and soccer fields, hardly identifiable. in waynesville, missouri, they are still searching for a woman swept away tuesday. her 4-year-old son already found dead. in the last seven days, parts of missouri have had more than 16 inches of rain -- the town of richland with at least 17 inches. the culprit -- this stationary front, complex after complex of heavy rain and storms have been riding along this thing. it's slow dancing around the southern plains and northern ozarks. unfortunately, north georgia is suffering a similar scene. >> i can't live here no more, i'm through. >> reporter: charles wittington's dog diesel, got stuck. right there, being rescued in the raging floods in pickens county. and this backhoe, caught in the

swirling muddy waters, had been brought in to clear the road -- in case there was flooding. now needing its own rescue. >> we just found out tonight that the community of wanesville in missouri, one of those hardest hit are letting some folks go back in to get things but the evacuation order right back in place. this is why, unfortunately i've got a map to show you that has a lot more rain on it and especially for that same area that got hit. you can see south of kansas city there and north of spring field back into parts of eastern kansas and of course the inundated southeast this summer getting more. >> the currents are tough and dangerous. thank you so much. now we're going to move next to cleveland where they were trying to eradicate a haunting memory. they dell olished that house where the women were held for a decade and one of those women came to bear witness. >> reporter: for more than a decade it served as prison.

but with crowds cheering in a little more than an hour, the cleveland house of horrors reduced to rubble. valiantly standing there watching, one of the women who thought they'd never get out of that house alive, michelle knight. for 11 years, ariel castro held knight, amanda berry, and gina dejesus hostage inside this home. there were vigils for amanda and gina, but not for michelle. at his sentencing hearing, castro himself said nobody even looked for her. today, knight is taking up the mantle of the missing releasing yellow balloons for the more than 85,000 people still not found. >> nobody was there for me when i was missing, and i want the people to know, including the mothers, that they can have strength, they can have hope, and their child will come back. >> reporter: michelle has described her fellow captive gina as her teammate and today gina's aunt was in the excavator, delivering the first blow to that house. >> knowing that it's coming down, there's closure for the

whole family. >> reporter: closure from the pain they endured for more than a decade, glimpses of that misery seen as the house came down. the pink room where they were restrained. a christmas tree in the attic where they were sometimes forced to sit for days in stifling heat. the physical reminders of all that pain now gone. tonight, diane, as you can see that's nothing but an empty lot left where that home once stood. officials tell me for the time being they will be planting grass and wild flowers there. as for ariel castro, he is serving that life sentence. he is in kol tear confinement 23 hours a day sitting in a 12 foot by 8 foot cell. >> thank you, alex. and next we move to the big news tonight about the snub heard around the world. president obama has cancelled an upcoming summit, a meeting with russian president putin.

it was to be next month. he did it right after russia gave nsa leaker asylum and tonight two of the most powerful leaders on the planet are shadow boxing as the world watches. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: the last time these two got together the body language spoke louder than their words, sometimes grimacing, never geeing on much of anything. now a new low, not just for putin and obama, but for russia and the u.s. for the first time since the cold war, a u.s. president is cancelling a publicly announced meeting in russia. it's not just putin's decision to grant asylum to fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden. he has also defied the u.s. by selling heavy weapons to the syrian government as its accused of slaughtering its own people. the president vented about it last night with jay leno. >> there have been times where they slipped back into cold war thinking and a coal war mentality. what i say to president putin

is, that's the past. >> putin seems to be like one of those old school kgb guys. >> he headed up the kgb. >> reporter: today in a speech, the president alluded to the bigger crises he is confronting, the terror threats that has forced the closing of embassies throughout the middle east. . >> here's what those who would cowardly attack our civilians forget. the united states is never going to retreat from the world. >> reporter: the embassies will remain closed until at least the end of the week. as one senior official told me tonight, the threat is not over. diane? >> thank you. now we want to bring everyone up to date on the health of former george w. bush who was released from the hospital in dallas today one day after receiving a stent. the famously fit president was

told to take it easy for a day but he can resume a normal schedule tomorrow. now tonight an abc news exclusive, the lone survivor of a tragedy we all followed together is speaking out for the first time. those 19 young firefighters, the elite hot shot team were killed in june, trapped by the fast moving inferno in arizona. abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross sat down with the only member of that team to get out alive. >> reporter: as the wildfires spread across a rocky hillside in yarnell, arizona, there is was no immediate sense of impending danger. according to the first public account by the lone survivor, 21-year-old brendan mcdonald. >> everything seemed normal, not threatening, just a typical day going direct on a fire. >> reporter: all 20 members of a team called the gran it mountain hot shots specially trained to go into wildfires responded that fateful sunday morning in june.

>> that's when the superintendent and our captain asked me to be "the lookout." >> reporter: as lookout, he was stationed here, able to see both the fire and the other hot shots around a ridge. around 3:45 in the afternoon the winds that had been driving the fire away from the hot shots shifted dramatically and drove the fire toward them at a quarter of a mile a minute with flames 50 feet high trapping the team in a canyon. in his last radio call with them, mcdonald says his captain told him to get out. >> do you torment yourself and think i should have done this or this? >> there's nothing i could have done besides been on the hill with them. to have been with them and died in my boots with them. >> reporter: when the bodies of his 19 firefighters brothers were discovered, some were found still in their protective covers, others burned beyond recognition. >> i was still with our vehicles in one of the buggies.

i can hear phones ringing, knowing that it was their wives, their family. i sunk, sunk into my seat. i sunk into myself. i couldn't think. >> reporter: the official investigation is still under way. seeking answers that might prevent another tragedy of the kind that happened here. brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >> and our thanks to brian ross. and now we're going to take you to japan where there is a frantic scramble under way tonight to stop more radiation from polluting the pacific ocean. 300 tons of contaminated water pouring into t pouring out of the ocean every day. >> reporter: it is a stag tering revelation, nearly 72,000

gallons of radioactive water a day are pouring out of the fukushima power plant and into the sea. being called emergency there is reportedly plans to create a mile long ice wall to freeze the soil and stop the water from seeping out. we know countless items of debris have made their way from japan to u.s. shores, but is radioactive contamination reaching america, too? the canary in the coal mines says scientists is the blue fin tuna. it begins its journey in the waters off japan's coast racing all the way to america's west coast. stanford university researchers say they have found trace amounts of radioactive contamination in the tuna they tested, tuna caught here, contamination from fukushima. before you stop buying tuna, scientists say don't worry. the amount of contamination found is so low there is no danger in the fish we eat.

the new revolution that all this contaminated water is pouring into the sea is disturbing. that's why scientists here say they will keep on testing the fish we eat. also tonight the countdown is on to another big powerball drawing, the jackpot as soared to $425 million as americans line up to get their tickets. we asked abc's linsey davis to track down the place where lady luck has struck before and more than once. >> reporter: it's fitting that those itching with lottery fever would line up at this pharmacy. little silver family pharmacy in new jersey has a history of prescribing anxious lottery players with winning tickets. including a $70 million powerball winner in march of last year. i hear the winning ticket always

comes from here. >> reporter: with powerball fever raging in 38 states, stores have lines out the door with the superstitious hoping lightning will strike again at places like this liquor store. cornelly's gas station has had six powerball winners in 8 years, one netting a whopping $208 million. >> everybody sees that we have the winning streak here and they want to continue that on. >> reporter: here at the pharmacy, they're already making plans for their $425 million win. >> this is the winner! >> reporter: this pharmacy won $10,000 last year. that's because the lottery actually gives the store that sells the winning ticket a little jackpot of its own. the owner here tells us he plans

on doubling down because in addition to that incentive he's going to buy five powerball tickets of his own. we have ours, diane, and we have you covered. >> looking for luck tonight. thank you, linds zee. still ahead on "world news" there has been a huge spike in the number of people hit by cars. why? we think the answer is going to be a surprised. what in your purse has a problem for your health. amy robach reveals the problems in your bag. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever wonder why no other mouthwash feels like listerine®? because no other mouthwash works like listerine®. in your mouth, bacteria forms in layers. listerine® penetrates these layers deeper than other mouthwashes, killing bacteria all the way down to the bottom layer. so for a cleaner, healthier mouth, go with the mouthwash dentists recommend more than all others combined. #1 dentist recommended listerine®... power to your mouth™.

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tonight there is news that the number of people who are out walking and killed by cars is on the rise. we were surprised when abc's david kerley told us why, told us the reason. >> reporter: it can happen in a blink. a car can't stop and a pedestrian dummy serves as a statement of an alarming problem. at just 35 miles per hour there is just a fraction of a second to react. a pedestrian is killed on our roads on average every two hours. like this jogger in charlotte, someone on a road is hurt every 8 minutes. this man suffered minor injuries, the driver who left the scene later arrested. most striking, half of pedestrian deaths involve alcohol. a third of the pedestrians

killed, 1500 people, were walki walking drunk. >> 7 out of 10 pedestrian fatalities happen at night and often involve alcohol. >> reporter: walking drunks have become such a problem in england. watch this man falling onto the rail trucks or this man who false onto the escalator and can't get off. this video warnings of the danger of walkers. weekend nights are the most dangerous times. while the majority happen in cities, it's not at intersections. what can you do? be predictable, follow the rules of the road. never assume that a driver sees you, make eye contact. alcohol is not the only problem. for both pedestrians and drivers, don't be distracted by your electronic device. it can take both your ears and eyes off the road. >> distracted driving, distracted walking, we've got to encourage people to have an awareness that this problem is a real problem.

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quick rule of thumb? on one shoulder, should not exceed 5% of your body weight. that means for a 140 pound woman, just 7 pounds, and weighs eight pounds! >> whoa, that was 8.5 pounds. >> reporter: 8.5 pounds. so you were actually carrying 13.3 pounds. >> it's like marry poppins' bag. >> reporter: and just like mary poppins, it's only the >> a thing of beauty is a joy forever. >> you do have a lot. >> reporter: if you think this isn't a problem for men, look at this. two gym bags, almost 36 pounds. >> it's a workout. >> reporter: 27 million u.s. adults report having back problems. 37 percent of children aged 11 to 14 report back pain. this mri showed the spine of a 9-year-old, this one when he's carrying a heavy load. >> reporter: if you are using it every single day you don't

realize the effect it can have. >> watch, the body is leaning about 6 degrees when carrying a purse normally but there is an over 9 degree tilt when the bag is held in the crook of the elbow and a whopping 12.7 degree difference when it's held away from the body, putting more stress on the neck, back, knees, even your feet. >> you don't want to end up in the doctor's office for something like this. >> i try to downsize -- >> you just keep needing these things? >> i do. >> we thank you for watching tonight. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" of course will be here later and i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. wheel...

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